Shoe-fastening.



P. DA$SORL SHOE FASTENING.

' APPLIGATION FILED 111111.30, 1914.

1,124,868, Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS C0.. PHOTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON, D. c.

FREDERICK DASSORI, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SHOE-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

Application filed March 30, 1914. Serial No. 828,418.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F REDERIOK DAssoRI, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and btate of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Fastenings; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to shoe fastenings, and one of the principalobjects of the invention is to provide simple, reliable and eflicientmeans for closing the instep opening or side opening of shoes withoutrequiring the use of laces or buttons.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fastening means forshoes made of a single piece of leather or other similar material whichis crimped to close the meeting edges of the foot opening in the shoe,said fastener being connected at its opposite edges near the opening inthe shoe, and a single fastening device of simple construction beingutilized for connecting the upper edge of the fastener or tongue.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a crimped leathertongue to be connected at its opposite edges to the shoe upper uponopposite sides of the meeting edges of the foot opening, said tonguehaving a natural tendency owing to the crimped condition of the same toclose the opening, and a simple device connected to opposite portions ofthe crimped tongue for holding the shoe in closed condition about thefoot of the wearer.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure l is a plan View of the shoe fastener disconnected from the shoe.Fig. 2 is a detail view showing the fastener secured to the inner sideof the instep portion of the shoe upper and the latter being broken awayat its upper edge near the center of the fastening. Fig. 3 is a top planview of the device with the opposite portion of the upper of the shoebroken away, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the double hookfastener for engaging the eyelet holes in the upper end of the crimpedtongue or fastening.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a fastener as anentirety, said fastening comprising a piece of leather or other similarmaterial, the larger upper end of which is provided with three curvededges, 2, 3 and 4. The side edges of the fastening tongue are curved asshown at 5, and

the reduced lower end has a'straight edge 6'. The leather blank formingthe fastening is crimped while wet or moist upon the lines 6, 7, 8, and9 to form the inner transverse portion 10, and the inwardly extendingportions 11 and the outwardly extending portions 12 which are secured bystitches 13 to the opposite sides of the opening 14.

The crimped leather tongue or fastening is secured at some slightdistance from the opening 1 1 in the upper 15 of the shoe, and near theupper edge of the securing flaps 12 are formed perforations 16. A doublehook 17 engages the perforations 16 to hold the upper edge of thefastening together, and said hook may be permanently secured to onesection and extends through a slit or perforation in the crimped portionof the section 11, said hook being detachably connected to the otherperforation. It will be understood however that any suitable fasteningdevice may be substituted in lieu of the double hook 17.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a shoe fastener made inaccordance with this invention is extremely simple in construction, willprevent snow or rain from entering the shoe, and if the leather tongueis properly made and thoroughly crimped it will have a tendency to closethe shoe about the foot of the wearer and the double hook or similardevice which can be very quickly connected will form a shoe fasteningwhich can be manufactured at low cost and which will be durable andefficient for its purpose, while it will afford to the shoe a neat andelegant appearance without requiring the tiresome practice of lacing andinlacing the s we.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in theclaims.

What is claimed is 1. A shoe fastening comprising a piece of leather orsimilar flexible material crimped longitudinally to form securing flaps,outwardly extending portions, and a transverse portion connecting saidoutwardly extending portions, said shoe fastening having perforations inthe securing flaps, and means for engaging said perforations to hold thefastening together at the upper end thereof.

2. A shoe fastening comprising a piece of leather crimped longitudinallyto provide securing flaps, outwardly extending portions and a transverseinner portion connecting said outwardly extending portions, said flapsbeing secured at opposite sides of the opening in the shoe and adaptedto normally close the opening in the shoe, and means for securing thesaid flaps together at the upper edge of the fastening across theopening in the shoe.

3. A shoe fastening comprising a leather 15 tongue having the upper edgethereof formed into a plurality of curves, and having converging andcurved side edges, said tongue being crimped longitudinally and providedWith securing flaps, said flaps hav ing each a perforation at its upperedge and 20 FREDERICK DASSORI.

Witnesses E. J. HoLLAHAN, F. A. SEAVER.

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